Why the Vatican II popes cannot be Popes and Explanation of Church Teaching on Papal Infallibility

Hear, Father Noel Barbara’s dynamic lecture, given originally in French by Fr. Barbara in the 1980’s. The author (who was probably the first European priest to come to the conclusion of the vacancy in the papal chair), “after recalling the Catholic doctrine on the Church and its Magisterium, shows why the popes of Vatican II cannot be popes.”

The burden of responsibility of the decrees of Vatican II lies with Pope Paul VI. Father Noel Barbara writes in “Fortes in Fide” page 41, “Canon Law(Can,22) makes it clear that the conclusions of an Ecumenical Council are not binding until they receive the approval of and are promulgated by a Pope. Pope Paul VI has specifically stated that the documents of Vatican II are the “supreme form of the Ordinary Magisterium”, and that Catholics are bound to accept the teachings of the Ordinary Magisterium as defide catholica. The decrees were signed by Paul VI on their completion and November 19, 1969 publicly refuted the pleas of all Traditionalist to stop the changes.